From the moment we stepped out of the Shinjuku metro I know I was going to love it! It was busy, bright and noisy! There was no pushing and shoving, instead people were politely stepping aside to let others past. I knew within about 15 minutes that Tokyo was going to be one of my favourite cities in the whole world. Everyone was so friendly, there were several times we got lost throughout the whole trip and people would go out of their way to help you.. A couple of times people stopped what they were doing to walk us where we needed to be which was 10 minutes in the wrong direction.
We were in Tokyo for around 5 days which was enough to just get a little bit of a feel for the city, if I ever went again I would definitely go for a little longer to try and explore more. In the 5 days that we were there though we did quite a lot of the usual touristy things. We were staying in Shinjuku but we managed to go visit Shibuya, Ginza and Harajuku, amongst searching for the other treasures it had to offer. What I honestly loved about Tokyo was that one minute you were amongst the hustle and bustle of the city then if you walked five minutes in the opposite direction you found yourself in a tranquil temple or shrine. We weren't the biggest fan on the shrines or temples, in our opinion once you saw the best ones Tokyo had the offer the rest would just be disappointing, so we went to the Meji Shrine and Sensoji Temple which were more than enough for us.
We wanted to go to Japan in order to experience the culture change, but also for the food! Being massive Japanese food fans this was something were very much looking forward to and we were not disappointed! One of my favourite places was Genki Sushi - a sushi conveyor belt restaurant where each plate is acount 120 Yen (59p approximately). You order it on one of the little computers suspended above your seat and it comes whizzing to you in a matter of seconds/minutes.
I appreciate that this is a very long post but bare with me because I'm nearly done. A special mention does have to be made for the weirdness of Japan. Everywhere you were there was very strange stuff! Whether this was quirky people dressed up as their favourite anime characters or bizarre stuff for the home. A couple of my favourites were these two in the health sections - a face massage which resembles a Mexican wrestling mask and a cheek toning device which looked a little big suspicious.
If you are thinking of going to Japan I could not recommend Tokyo enough! Everywhere you looked there was friendly people, vending machines and Hello Kitty! It was so clean and tidy, even down the little alleys we felt so safe and never saw any trouble anywhere. Keep your eyes peeled for a post on Kyoto, Osaka and Seoul, South Korea.
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